“…Cautious about the idea of rupture which studies on postcoloniality have often emphasised (Bastos et al, 2002), Feldman-Bianco (2001b) urges scholars to examine the continuities of the former colonial relationships in terms of sameness as well as difference in order to understand the rearrangement of colonial legacies within contemporary global capitalism. Other authors have examined different aspects of Luso-Brazilian relationships, and their combined production provides a much more nuanced presentation of this history than I have room to set out here (see Feldman-Bianco, 2001a;Horta, 2009;Ribeiro, 2002Ribeiro, , 2010Souza et al, 2010;Thomaz, 2002;Vieira, 1991). Following Feldman-Bianco (2001a), this analysis focuses on how a specific chapter in the relationships between Brazil and Portugal brought into relief this cycle of sameness and difference and marked the onset of the current disposition of Luso-Brazilian ties.…”